Syrian official claims the battle has not even begun

Top rebel commanders in Syria’s opposition claimed on Saturday that they had gained control of 60% of the embattled city of Aleppo, where rebel militias and regime forces have been clashing for a week now.

Some media sources quote rebels as claiming the opposition fighters had seized government-run radio and television stations, then reportedly retreated due to shelling my the regime.

“The battle for Aleppo has not yet begun, and what is happening now is just the appetizer,” one Assad regime official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding: “The main course will come later.”

The US and its allies have adopted regime change by proxy as official policy in Syria, despite widespread crimes by the rebels and even links to al-Qaeda.

Neither side seems to be making significant gains, but what happens in Aleppo could turn out to be very important for the overall conflict in Syria. However, it’s unlikely at this point that Washington will give up its support for the rebels, even if they fall back in Aleppo and Damascus.

"The US and its allies have adopted regime change by proxy as official policy in Syria, despite widespread crimes by the rebels and even links to al-Qaeda"

First Libya, now Syria…we're back to loving the jihadist…1980's all over again

MoT

The "Jihadists" have always been active. They just happen to have headquarters at 1600 Penn in DC.

Augustbrhm

I cannot blame the average american but to have a "government" that continually commit war crimes in their name is untenable.

Ben_C

So the "Syria’s opposition claimed on Saturday that they had gained control of 60% of the embattled city of Aleppo"…and of course this was an 'increase' in their 'control' according to the Harretz article posted,..

Funny…on July 25th, almost 2 weeks ago, the BCC published an article 'reporting' the Free Syrian Army (FSA–ie. "the rebels") claimed they controlled 70% of Aleppo…

Based on the fake numbers, this would actually indicate a "decrease", rather than an "increase" in "control"..but these are BS numbers to begin with… The only thing the "rebels" 'control', at best, are maybe a few neighborhoods/districts along with the narrative in the Western media… Other than that, I'd be surprised if the "opposition" even control their heads outside of their rectums…

Isn't the "opposition" even officially splintering now…before they even have official 'control' over anything? This isn't serious…

R.C.

Possible headline for The Onion: "The rebels also now claim that Jimi Hendrix & Jerry Garcia will be giving fundraisers for some shiny new surface to air missiles in Aleppo."

andor

All that is happening is continuation of the Grand Chess Game, coined by Zbigniew Brzezinski.

"Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization."
"It is imperative that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating Eurasia and thus of also challenging America. The formulation of a comprehensive and integrated Eurasian geostrategy is therefore the purpose of this book."
That is exactly what is happening.
"Human sacrifice"

"Containing " Russia and China continues while every American President gives lip service to Detente' and "Democratic values"…
Russia is challenged in Syria, and China – in the region of the South Sea.